dị vật

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異物, composed of 異 (“different; strange”) and 物 (“object”), Japanese 異物 (ibutsu), Middle Chinese 異物 (“strange object; rare object”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˧˨ʔ vət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɪj˨˩ʔ vək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɪj˨˩˨ vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jɪj˨˩˨ jək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

dị vật

1. a foreign body